Below are the most recent 12 friends' journal entries.

Thursday, December 17th, 2009
chibifrieza	10:31p	OMG, OMG, YOU GUYS!!! HEARTS OF ICE IS FINISHED. :D Current Mood: ecstatic Current Music: Sugar We're Going Down - Fall Out Boy (1 Comment |Comment on this)
chibifrieza	1:44p	My brother just came downstairs and held up an object for my examination. I didn't know what it was until he said, mournfully, "It's folded." Then I realised it was one of those Bacon Dipper crackers. And it had somehow gotten a crease in it. I made the appropriate noises of commiseration and he went back upstairs. I love my brother. <3 Current Mood: stressed (8 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009
chibifrieza	10:45p	Writer's Block: Password protected If your best friend and/or romantic partner read all of your email for the last month (or longer), how would it impact your relationship(s) and why? Submitted By bacon_fiend View 881 Answers ...it wouldn't. She probably wouldn't even be interested. I don't usually have very personal email exchanges; I prefer to do that over the telephone, if not in person, and even so, none of my relationships involve anything she doesn't know or would be surprised by. There'd be some pictures of my nephews from my sister, a crapload of Facebook and LJ notifications, some mailing lists, some random exchanges with her, my brother and a few other people, notifications from band... that's really not noteworthy in terms of relationship-altering material. I can't see her view of me changing from a look at my inbox. We're talking best friend here, by the way. In case anyone's unsure. Kyle. :P ADDENDUM: Having scanned through a few of the other responses, I feel compelled to address the flip side: if my best friend read all my emails, I guess I'd be kind of annoyed and baffled, because it would take forever and what's she want to read them for and how the heck did she crack my account? There's a trust issue here I never even registered first time around. Initially it read as an inevitability, motive and practicalities irrelevant. You know, "reel in the three who have become fish"-style. Done deal, no explanation. So with the focus on the actual reading... she wouldn't. It doesn't even bear scrutiny. She's not that kind of person. So I'm... going to continue ignoring that aspect of this, and not give it a proper answer, because it's inconceivable, really. Current Mood: okay (2 Comments |Comment on this)
chibifrieza	6:00p	The clouds have silver linings after all / I've seen it with my own eyes, it's true, yeah Went for physio again this morning - managed to stay on the omnidirectional wobble board for three minutes, with occasional grabs at the support bar. Apparently Friday we'll be aiming for five minutes while I catch and throw a ball. *_* I'm thinking that's a little ambitious, but who knows? I guess we'll see. The best thing about all this, really, is the assurance that I'm not hurting myself, that when my ankle gets sore it's the useful kind of pain. I can deal with that. Afterwards, I went to the mall, and did some Christmas shopping. I've got just about everyone in the family taken care of now - just have Graeme's to get, still. And I know what I'm getting him, I just have to, you know, go get it. Concert at the hospital tomorrow evening. Should be fun. No rehearsal tonight, apparently, but I should probably at least warm up, since I haven't played all week. Come on, internal motivation! Let's get going! And finally, here: have some bizarrely delightful Christmas music. The website was made by a friend of mine from university; he's got a Master's in choral conducting. I don't think I sang in his choir, but I wish I had, man. I wish I had. But seriously, check out the website. I don't care if you like Christmas music or hate it. This site is life-altering. Current Mood: content Current Music: Alright - Tree63 (Comment on this)
Sunday, December 13th, 2009
chibifrieza	11:57p	she doesn't understand forgiveness yet / don't try to teach her, you won't like what you get Chantal Kreviazuk played at the Esplanade tonight. I worked the afternoon in the box office and it was a strange mix of kinda stressed and bored out of my skull. Brought Shin with a couple of dozen tabs open, though, so that kept me more than occupied in my down time. Top-Boss-Man hates Sunday shows, he says, because Nothing Is Open, so if they suddenly find they need something, it can get dicey. I can see the frustration there, yeah. I was actually given the task of finding out what restaurants in Medicine Hat are open on Sundays. *_* This is not nearly as big a task as it would have been in a larger center, obviously, but I kind of had to just dig through the phone book and call the ones that didn't have hours listed. Omitting fast food and dive pubs, naturally, so that cut things down considerably. I think I ended up with a list of twenty or so, which was then passed along for the consideration of CK and the band. I felt kind of powerful. :P I have the new song I wrote stuck in my head. It's annoying to me, because on the one hand, I like it, but on the other, it's really flawed, and exists too firmly for me to fix it. Only a total rewrite would cut it, and I just don't want to be that uptight. So I wrote a song that isn't the best it could be. So I'm human. See? I'm working on this whole perfectionism issue. Read a completely wrenching, heartbreaking, shattering genfic today. Why are people so intent on breaking Dean? Even Kripke did it. ;_; At least the fic ended well. Not really enough comfort to qualify as h/c, I'd say, but a good and unexpectedly hopeful ending. Ask me for a link if you're interested, but I know I'm probably the only one who reads gen for SPN round these parts. Current Mood: tired (Comment on this)
Friday, December 11th, 2009
chibifrieza	3:47p	it's the little things. You know, if I'm reading fanfic of an American TV show, and all of a sudden somebody says something like, "aren't you meant to be in San Antonio?" it just kind of jolts me out of the moment, no matter how good the fic is. In the interests of SCIENCE, I have compiled a list of words and phrases that instantly identify the fic author as British. Please note that if the character is actually meant to be British (see what I did there?), I will accept and rejoice in such earmarks. However, when they appear in narration or, worse, dialogue by non-British characters, it's a dead giveaway. It's kind of like having Ron call Harry "buddy," only in reverse. For your edification, I am posting the list I have compiled. Not that I know anyone from the UK, so it's not like y'all are going to find it useful or anything, but. Here it is. ( Dead Giveaway British-isms ) It probably shouldn't bother me as much as it does, but I'm pretty sure you all know what a picky you-know-what I'm capable of being. ¬_¬ (12 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, December 10th, 2009
chibifrieza	11:21p	hard to be soft, tough to be tender So I somehow managed to convince myself that I was supposed to work tomorrow and not tonight. So I went out around 5-ish to pick up a few things at the grocery. Stopped in at the DQ first because it's frigid out and I maybe wanted a hot chocolate or something. L has a line to the door, looks right at me and goes, "you know you're scheduled to work right now?" WHAT. So I booked it home, changed, got Dad to drive me back thank goodness because it's a ten-minute walk at the best of times, and got there half an hour into my shift. The other girl who was supposed to be working tonight never showed. I think L's about had it with her. Oh, and I was only supposed to be there until 8, but because other girl never showed, I had to stay until 10, thereby missing the rehearsal at 9 for Chris' choir-and-brass Christmas thing that's happening Sunday evening. I'd told him I couldn't afford to book off work, but I might be able to make a rehearsal or two - he said as long as I could make at least one of the four or so, it would be fine. I told him I could do tonight's, and that was it. Annnnd then couldn't make it. I've emailed him an apology/explanation; it's too bad, but I'm not really broken up about it. I feel bad that I have to let him down, but I don't feel guilty, because it isn't really my fault. Anyway, he'll manage without a horn, I'm sure. This morning I had a physio assessment at the hospital for my ankle. Apparently I pass all the stability tests and it's now a matter of ligament/tendon strengthening and proprioception training. Basically, all I have to do is work it and stretch it. Physio guy seems confident that I won't damage it by using it unless I use it ridiculously hard, like suddenly take up ballet and go straight for the toe shoes, or something like that. This is reassuring to me: I don't mind the pain if I know it's not indicating damage. I'm not about to go overboard, or anything, but I can move forward with confidence. If I can stand on one foot on a one-dimensional wobble-board (both feet on the omnidirectional one, but I can do it without holding onto something!) then I think I can believe that my ankle is more or less fully functional. This is good news. Afterward, I was sitting in the hospital cafeteria eating soup, reading DBZ, and started getting all choked up because dude, that first confrontation with Vegeta is intense. I felt a bit awkward about crying in a hospital over something so relatively trivial, though.... I've had Metric's Help I'm Alive lodged in my head lately, and today I was seized with a desire to make a vid to it, because it just screams Dean Winchester. There are a couple on YouTube, but neither does what I have in mind. Not that I'll ever probably get around to it, but. I'm adding it to my list of Things To Vid. (Yes, there is a physical list.) Now to learn iMovie... Current Music: Help I'm Alive - Metric (Comment on this)
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009
chibifrieza	12:33a	and by the light of that same star / three wise men came from country far Band concert tonight. Band Christmas concert afterwards. There was wine. As a result, I am not sober. Great party, though. There was even singing of Christmas songs and a total soprano-off in The First Noel, which I won, because I jumped in on the Kathleen Battle descant action in the last verse and followed through for the whole thing. Not that it's a competition, or anything. XD For the record, I am not going to bed any time soon. I am so wired it's not even funny. Also, I really, really can't type. This is taking way too long. There was tasty food and I finally had some after two glasses of wine, and it was delicious, and all my cookies are gone except for one. And I saw a guy that I'd seen at Sarah's going-away party in the summer, at which I sang and played guitar, and he reiterated what he'd said then: that I have a talent and should use it. So I'm going to keep writing. Not that I wouldn't have, but it's really nice to have external vindication, and also he called me brilliant, so. When sober, will write more music. Meanwhile, I don't know how I am going to get to sleep, and I have to work at 10. Step One: drink water. Current Mood: drunk (5 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
chibifrieza	1:40a	help, I'm alive So, having discovered that I am a shameless Ackles fangirl, I borrowed season 4 of Smallville from my dad. Watched the first two episodes tonight and have just about become re-acclimatised to the massive crazy that is that show; I'd forgotten, or maybe I watched mostly earlier seasons and didn't realise, or maybe it really has been that long. Incidentally, Tom Welling is so getting typecast for the rest of his entire career, man, it's not even funny. :P My point was, I think, that jumping in at the beginning of the season with Clark amnesiac and Chloe ostensibly dead... was a bit of a system shock. I do have enough show knowledge that I more or less have my feet under me now, but. Dude. I miss when Clark and Lex were actually friends. I don't want to go all the way back and start at the beginning again, but also, I kind of do. Probably won't, in the interests of time, because I think I've seen most of the first couple of seasons at least, and there's a lot of show to watch. I'm just going to stick with this season for now. (In the first two episodes, I have noticed that a) the emotional dialogue is crap, and b) actually, a lot of the dialogue is crap, and also c) the action is completely OTT. Comparing this to classic comics, however... well, I'm willing to put up with some crap dialogue, let's put it that way. It doesn't hurt that some of the camerawork is really, really good. In addition, Tom Welling is kind of far too pretty to be allowed. Seriously.) Current Mood: amused Current Music: Metric (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, December 7th, 2009
chibifrieza	2:54p	you think you're bold, as bold as brass, but the truth be told, we're gonna kick your- I just remembered a dream I had recently - maybe last night? Hard to tell - in which the etymological extraction of the word "pissant" was made clear. I can't remember all the specifics, unfortunately, but it was used as an example of a certain declension or case or something in... I don't even know what language. It was one of those moments where, you know, you're learning a language, and you're working on a new concept, and the teacher's going through explaining/letting you figure stuff out, and you sometimes get excited because it's like you're learning secrets when you get it before you're led to it? I saw the root and realised what the modification did to it, and I was all impressed, because I hadn't known the word had an actual historical extraction - I felt like it might even have been Old English or something, but I know it wasn't a real language, because I'm pretty sure I was making up rules for parts of speech that don't exist. Anyway. It was bizarrely exhilarating. So, the list of things I can do in my sleep now runs roughly thus: -make up language rules -spontaneously compose music -speak Japanese and French -knife fight, apparently :P I may have mentioned this before, but I'm quite fond of my subconscious. :D I can has more of it in my conscious, plz? Current Mood: thoughtful Current Music: Funk The Dumb Stuff - Tower of Power (Comment on this)
Sunday, December 6th, 2009
chibifrieza	10:25p	GUESS WHAT GUESS WHAT GUESS WHO CAME INTO MY DAIRY QUEEN TONIGHT YOU'LL NEVER GUESS SO I'LL TELL YOU SANTA CLAUS CAME INTO MY DAIRY QUEEN TONIGHT AW YEAH :D :D :D He's a regular, actually, and I saw his vehicle pull up - he drives a blue PT Cruiser - and his outline looked a little... furrier than usual, and I remembered that he'd mentioned that he does the Santa gig every year, so I got all excited and was like, Haley, look, Santa's coming! And then I remembered Steph was in the back and I knew she'd be excited - and I was pretty excited myself - and there was no one else in the store, so I literally ran to the back shrieking, Steph, guess what, Steph, Santa's here!! She came tearing out front just as he came in and she bolted out around the counter and gave him a giant hug. She's adorable. ^_^ He didn't want anything, because it's hard to eat with the Santa beard, but he's a regular and he's dressed like freaking Santa, as if we're going to kick him out of the store. So he just sat there for an hour and did the Sudoku in the paper until we closed. My kid brother came to pick me up and saw him through the front window. He was all, what is Santa doing at the Dairy Queen? And then I explained, and he was satisfied. It was all pretty awesome. Current Mood: ecstatic Current Music: Schadenfreude - Avenue Q (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, December 5th, 2009
chibifrieza	3:04p	"How're we doing?" "Same as always." "That bad, huh?" Snow! I think I've been reading too much of the same genre when my dreams two nights in a row are essentially fic. *shrugs* What can I say? I get immersed. Also, I would have to wait until the dude gets engaged before picking up on my Next Big Celebrity Crush... haven't had one of those in a while, and this one kind of blindsided me. Yeah, go ahead and gloat, kids: Jensen Ackles. I'm just going to come right out and say that I find him much more attractive with his freckles visible. And that's all I'm going to say for now. :P Except, I maybe need a new moodset.... ¬_¬ Current Mood: bouncy Current Music: Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley (4 Comments |Comment on this)